Shopping centre staff are working with police to find three men who smashed into the shop window of Ernest Jones in Epsom and stole jewellery

A jewellery shop in Epsom’s Ashley Centre was burgled on Monday night (May 12), as three men used sledgehammers to smash into Ernest Jones.

Surrey Police said a number of high-value watches were stolen in the raid.

An Ashley Centre spokesman said: “The centre was broken into just before midnight last night.

"Three men smashed their way in through the doors near the toilets, ran through the centre to Ernest Jones where they smashed the shop window and grabbed jewellery.

“They then ran back out of the centre the way they had got in.

“The whole incident happened in less than two minutes.”

Police are now reviewing CCTV footage, and Detective Constable Laura Chambers said: “Have you recently seen or heard anything suspicious in the area of the Ashley Centre which may connect to this incident?

“I would also appeal to anyone who has been offered a Tag Heuer watch for sale at a vastly reduced price as we believe a number of them were stolen in the raid.”